spillage

Questions about spillage

What does spillage mean?

spillage means "the amount that has spilled". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in spillage?

spillage has 2 syllables: spil-lage. The stress falls on "spil". In IPA it is /ˈspɪlɪdʒ/.

What is another word for spillage?

Close synonyms include spill, release. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spillage a common word?

spillage is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.